Wednesday Linkage

Boy, I am so not interesting in the morning.

Married couple take day trip to France... but FORGET mother-in-law and leave her in Dover car park

Maternal Deaths Decline Sharply Across the Globe

Social services in pre-dawn raid over baby horse mix-up

CNN: CNN Poll: 1 in 10 say they're Tea Party activists
Ten percent of Americans say they have actively supported the Tea Party movement, and those Tea Party activists are older, better educated and more religious than the general public, according to a new national poll.

Conan O'Brien: On the scene at opening night of his comedy tour

'Phallic' art sparks row ahead of Pope's Malta visit

Getting sick of reality TV? New survey confirms that it can be bad for your health

Amazing and weird taxidermy auction

CNN: Government agencies rely on contractors to oversee contractors It may seem like putting the rooster in charge of the hen house, but the U.S. Departments of Defense and State spend hundreds of millions of dollars a year on contracts for work in the United States and oversees, and then spend some more to have contractors – not government employees – oversee those contracts.